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Definition of Closed shop
1. Noun. A company that hires only union members.
Definition of Closed shop
1. Noun. a business or industrial establishment whose employees are required to be union members as a precondition to employment ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Closed Shop
Literary usage of Closed shop
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Arena by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1908)
"If liberty with the closed shop is in danger liberty without the closed shop is lost
... I do not say the closed shop is liberty. I say it leads to liberty. ..."
2. Principles of Economics by Frank William Taussig (1921)
"The open onion, soch m alone can develop among the less skilled, a potent instrument
for good. 301 — Sec.3. closed shop or open shop? ..."
3. Intercollegiate Debates edited by Paul Martin Pearson, Egbert Ray Nichols (1913)
"closed shop casts a deceptive light on the controversy between labor and capital.
... The term closed shop suggests the control of the union men, ..."
4. The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science by Johns Hopkins University (1921)
"CHAPTER XIV THE closed shop, THE LABEL AND THE BOYCOTT The closed shop.—Insufficient
data prevents a full statement of the attitude of the early local ..."
5. Employers' Associations in the United States: A Study of Typical Associations by Clarence Elmore Bonnett (1922)
"M Contrast Open and closed shop Conditions.— The Association has frequently
contrasted the commercial and industrial growth of open-shop cities with ..."
6. The History and Problems of Organized Labor by Frank Tracy Carlton (1920)
"The closed shop Policy. An open shop is one in which union and non-union men work
... At least three distinct types of the closed shop may be found: (a) The ..."
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